Graduate programs

The department offers graduate work leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Science in Sociology, and for students pursuing graduate work in education, the degrees of Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Science in Teaching (General Social Science).

The department also offers a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Inequality. In addition, the department participates in the Urban Studies Ph.D. program. For information relative to that program, see Urban Studies Ph.D.

Admissions requirements

Degree requirements

Sociology M.A./M.S.

Sociology M.A.T./M.S.T.

Sociology and Social Inequality Ph.D.

Sociology M.A./M.S.

The candidate must complete a minimum of 55 graduate credits, including 26 credits in core sociology courses, 20 credits of electives (12 of which may be in departments other than sociology), and 9 credits of thesis. Elective courses outside sociology must be approved by the student’s adviser. The student must pass an oral defense of the thesis.

Requirements

Students working for the Master of Arts degree must satisfy the language requirement.

Core

Soc 590	Social Research Strategies	4
Soc 591	Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology	4
Soc 592	Qualitative Methods	4
Soc 593	Quantitative Methods	4
Soc 594	Theory Construction and Research	4
Soc 595	Research Practicum	4
Soc 513	Thesis Workshop	1

Soc 513: (course must be taken twice)

Thesis

Soc 503

Thesis

9

Soc 503: (completed over three terms)

Electives

	Two 500-level sociology course	8
	Sociology or other department	12

Elective courses outside sociology must be approved by the student’s adviser